NEWS ARCHIVE

Dozens of new additions pouring into Aksarben Village

Aksarben Village already has $600 million invested in it, and now more money and businesses are pouring in.

Share

Shares

Copy Link

{copyShortcut} to copy
Link copied!

Updated: 10:29 PM CDT Aug 26, 2015

Dozens of new additions pouring into Aksarben Village

Aksarben Village already has $600 million invested in it, and now more money and businesses are pouring in.

Share

Shares

Copy Link

{copyShortcut} to copy
Link copied!

Updated: 10:29 PM CDT Aug 26, 2015

Hide TranscriptShow Transcript

WEBVTT ROB: $600 MILLION DOLLARS INVESTED, AND COUNTING. MORE MONEY AND BUSINESS POURING INTO AKSARBEN VILLAGE. SO, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU? KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S CHINH DOAN HAS THE EXCLUSIVE UPDATE. CHINH: THE SIGHTS OF CHANGE COMING TO AKSARBEN VILLAGE. MARK: PROGRESS IS PROGRESS. YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH IT. WITHOUT IT, YOU DON'T GROW. CHINH: MARK DESCISCIO REMEMBERS THIS KIND OF DIRT SURROUNDED 67TH AND CENTER. MARK: WHEN MOST OF THIS WAS PARKING LOT, THE BIG THING FOR AKSARBEN WHEN WE MOVED DOWN HERE WAS THE RACE TRACK. CHINH: OUT WITH THE HORSES IN 1995, IN WITH THE CRANES IN 2007. HAS AN IMPACT OF TWO MILES. JAY: IT'S COOL, IT'S FUN. CHINH: JAY NODDLE IS THE MASTER DEVELOPER AND MANAGER OF AKSARBEN VILLAGE. HE SAYS THIS AREA SEES 6000 MORE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. NEW SPACE AVAILABLE NOW TO MEET DEMAND, PLUS THIS PACIFIC LIFE BUILDING WILL SOON COME ALIVE. JAY: THERE'LL BE NEW RETAILERS AND RESTAURANTS AND BARS IN THE BASE OF THAT BUILDING. CHINH: IN THE WORKS, TWO NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS AT THE PLUS, DEVELOPMENT FOR A SENIOR LIVING CENTER, HOTEL, RETAIL, AND RESTAURANTS. TO PREPARE FOR ADDITIONAL TENANTS AND TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, THIS NEW PARKING GARAGE WILL BE READY BY FALL OF THIS YEAR. IT'S FIVE STORIES HIGH WITH MORE THAN 900 PARKING SPOTS. AND WITH BAXTER ARENA ACROSS THE STREET OPENING IN OCTOBER -- JAY: WE'VE GOT NEW ROADWAYS, NEW PARKING, TURNING LANES, TRAFFIC LIGHTS. CHINH: BUSY PARENTS LIKE DANIELLE BETTMANN ARE EXCITED THEIR ONE-STOP SHOP IS GROWING. DANIELLE: I THINK THEY'VE BEEN REALLY THOUGHTFUL AS TO WHAT TO ADD AND WHERE. CHINH: AS CONSTRUCTION CLIMBS TO NEW HEIGHTS -- BILL: WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT EVERYBODY IN THE VILLAGE AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AND I WILL TELL YOU VERY HONESTLY, IT'S REALLY GRATIFYING TO SEE EVERYBODY SUPPORT US. AND WE SUPPORT THEM. IT'S VERY UNUSUAL. CHINH: BILL BARSTOW SAYS AKSARBEN CINEMA AVERAGES HALF A MILLION ADMISSIONS A YEAR. AND THEY'RE READY TO MAKE MORE POPCORN. BILL: AKSARBEN VILLAGE IS JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF WHAT IT CAN BE. CHINH: GIVING VISITORS AND TO AKSARBEN VILLAGE. CHINH DOAN, KETV NEWSWATCH 7. ROB: JAY NODDLE SAYS YOU'LL ALSO SEE MORE OPTIONS TO GET IN AND OUT OF AKSARBEN IN THE COMING MONTHS.

Dozens of new additions pouring into Aksarben Village

Aksarben Village already has $600 million invested in it, and now more money and businesses are pouring in.